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September 2019

30 YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO JOIN THE METRA GROUND BREAKING: 10:30 am - Site of the New Auburn Park Station, 79th Street and South Lowe Avenue, Chicago, IL 60620

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Auburn Gresham Metra station will complement 79th Street corridor revitalization: City of Chicago, Department of Planning and Development, Commissioner Maurice Cox, Jun 30, 2022; Auburn Gresham Metra station will complement 79th Street corridor revitalization
New Metra station coming to Auburn Gresham neighborhood: Reprinted from Chicago Tribune, by Mary Wisniewski, Sep 30, 2019; After years of planning, Metra and government officials on Monday announced a timetable to design and start construction of a new station in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood on the city’s South Side.
Metra Team Makes A Stop At GADC Staff Meeting: Mar 10, 2015; Metra is spearheading an innovative outreach program to ensure more women and people of diverse backgrounds are aware of job opportunities in a predominately male dominated railroad industry. Metra government & community engagement and EEO staffers made a quick stop, at the GADC March team meeting to bring more awareness to Women's History Month.

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